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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: pmas@sify.com
Reply-To: bergolsom@excite.com
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:48:43 -0700
Subject: I want you to be my partner


Greetings,

I am Mr Olsom Berghart a personal treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies:
Chairman/CEO:YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil Company)
Chairman/CEO:Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial nstitution with its branches all over the world)

SOURCE OF FUNDS:

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with a reasonable percentage of the total sum for your participation. Can you be my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF

As a personal consultant to him, authority was handed over to me in
transferof money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to a European private bank where the finalcrediting is expected to be carried out.
While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his involvement in politics by financing the leading and opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led byGregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on

this website:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out from jail. As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will provide you with the details.

Thank you very much

Regards


Olsom Berghart(Mr)

NB:
Do contact me through this secure email
bergolsom@excite.com

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